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Shape of Earth: Views Differ
What should I find on Facebook early today but this? Ah, the smell of troll in the morning! I know, that’s some tiny print. Here’s what it says: The Republican Party have sent me their 2011 Congressional District Census. It’s a checkbox response format, thankfully with an <Other> option, since a lot of my choices […]
Just home from scouting trail for an upcoming bicycle hash. As I pedaled I listened to NPR through earbuds … well, mostly: when Will Shortz came on with his weekly Puzzler segment, I switched to the local alternative FM station, KXCI. I’ve had the urge to change stations during the Puzzler before, but this is […]
Just heard NPR Morning Edition correspondent Steve Inskeep cut Rep. Barney Frank off in mid-sentence (audio link here). Inskeep says (at 4:13 on the tape) “the biggest part of the federal budget is entitlements.” Frank says “No, wrong, I’m sorry, the defense budget is bigger than Medicare, and Social Security is in fact self-financing, and […]
Good lord, yesterday’s post was quite the whinge. I need to work on feeling less insecure, which is the same thing as saying I need a swift kick in the ass. I blame my dog. Schatzi’s still down in the dumps, and so, by extension, am I. She’s listless, slow, barely interested in things that […]
Our dachshund Schatzi has been listless and sleepy the last two days, not her normal frisky self. All bodily functions seem normal, she’s eating, her nose feels cool and wet … in short, we don’t have any idea what’s wrong with her. If only she could tell us, right? If the pup doesn’t perk up […]
Blog neglect again? By way of lame excuses, I’ve been busy with historical articles for my hashing blog and working on recipes for my cooking blog. Fat lot of good that does you, dear Paul’s Thing reader, right? I’ll try to make up for it with some random Friday observations. ——————– I may not drink […]
Who wouldn’t be outraged to hear that an Arkansas high school principal decided not to name a black girl valedictorian even though she’d earned the highest grade point average in her graduating class? I was, but then I read this article, where a small detail popped out right at the end: the student was also […]
Did I call this one or not? Here’s a post I put on Facebook a couple of days after the big dust storm in Phoenix: And here’s a screenshot from today’s Wonkette (click on the image to read the full article): ——————– As I opened my email inbox this morning I thought, “Gee, it’s been […]